Beneath Mount Erebus, researchers have found a hidden underground ... Antarctic Rift System, a part of the continent that has thinned, allowing magma to rise to the surface. The lava lake on ...

Antarctica's Lake Enigma certainly lives up to its name ... replenished by the nearby Amorphous Glacier through an unknown underground pathway. The scientists found that, despite being isolated ...

Lake Vostok has been undisturbed for 15 million years. It's a cold, dark place with virtually no nutrients or organic carbon, similar to the expected environment on Jupiter’s moon Europa.